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Plug Heist Trap House baby formula recall overview:
- Who: The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is warning parents to stop using a homemade baby formula sold on Facebook
- Why: The Plug Heist Trap House infant formula is not FDA-evaluated
- Where: Nationwide
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is warning parents to stop using a homemade baby formula sold on Facebook, as a nationwide infant formula shortage continues.
In an alert posted July 1 to the FDA website, the administration warned parents to stop using infant formula from Plug Heist Trap House EST. 2017.
The product was sold through the firm’s Facebook page, “Stephanie PlugHeist Payton.”
“The FDA advises parents and caregivers of infants to stop using homemade infant formula from Plug Heist Trap House,” the notice states.
“The manufacturer was marketing this product as an infant formula with no product labeling and did not submit the required pre-market notification to the FDA.”
The FDA said homemade infant formulas have not been evaluated by the FDA for safety and may lack nutrients vital to an infant’s growth.
It said it had determined that the product was not manufactured in compliance with infant formula regulations, was not tested to determine if it meets the nutritional requirements for infant formula, has the potential to cause nutrient deficiencies in infants, and may even be contaminated with harmful bacteria.
FDA visited home where product was being sold
The FDA said it conducted an investigation last week at the location of the firm, a home residence. The firm committed to no longer manufacturing and selling the product, it said.
“Parents and caregivers of infants who have purchased this product should discontinue use and throw it away,” the notice states.
“Parents and caregivers of infants who have used this product and are concerned about the health of their child should contact their health care provider.”
The news comes after President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act in May in an effort to ensure baby formula manufacturers have the ingredients they need to produce a “safe” and “healthy” product amid a nationwide baby formula shortage.
The United States has experienced a baby formula shortage to varying degrees since Abbott Nutrition was forced to close its Sturgis, Michigan, manufacturing plant in February.
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